Awake: 6:43am Temp 57 sleep 6+30 sunny overnight @ Menoken, N.D.
We leave @ 10:35am driving the Suzuki into Bismarck. 1st, the visitors
center for more information then spend over an hr @ the Heritage Center,
which was a very well done museum; we could have easily spent another hr
there. Next, we join a guided tour of the Art Deco Capital building (1 of
3) in the USA. That was neat & we may have picked up a few new ideas for
our home building plans.
After the Capital tour, we walk the river path for 1.5 hrs of exercise &
take a lunch break @ the Captain Meriwether’s restaurant where we share a
buffalo burger with French fries.
Then attend 5:00pm Mass @ the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit nearby. After
that, we do a driving tour of downtown Bismarck…..wondering: “where are
the people?” It’s Saturday night. We think the downtown is mostly a
business downtown. Back to our bus @ 6:35pm.
We both take showers @ the biggest & best shower facility we ever
experienced in a campground.
8:00pm dinner: Leftover meatloaf with gravy & mushrooms, whole wheat
noodles & lettuce salad.
(2) movies tonight: “My Fair Lady” with Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn,
Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, etc. A musical: Prof. Higgins
(Harrison) transforms guttersnipe Hepburn into a regal lady, to win a bet.
Hey, this film won 8 Oscars including Best Picture. 1964. It’s been over
40 yrs since the first time I’ve seen this movie & I still enjoy it even
though it is a musical!
“The Nun Story” with Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy
Ashcroft, etc. A record of a devoted nun’s ultimate rebellion against vows
of chastity, obedience, silence, & poverty. 1959. We found it fascinating
to watch with all the strict rules & regulations of the earlier times in
the convent.
High temp=79 Elevation 1725 ft Lights out: 1:00am
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